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The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAulety non-media consumerism is a kind of2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jewspillars of an embattled communityinvested their fortunes in Frances cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the countrys army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the